Plant cool season vegetable transplants of broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi, and collards this month. Fertilize with a soluble plant food at planting. In addition, plant seeds of beets, turnips, chard, cool season greens, lettuce, and spinach this month and into October. Cool season peas can be planted later in the month. Keep seed beds moist. Mulch beds to help block out the sun’s heat, cool the soil, and deter germination of cool-season weeds.
Fall potatoes can be planted in early September giving them time to develop tubers before the first frost.
If you still have some warm season flowering plants left, rejuvenate them by shearing them back by a third, fertilize, and water them well. Foliage plants like coleus, Persian Shield, and copper plants will also appreciate some fertilizer and a good soaking irrigation. If any of your geraniums made it through the summer heat, remove any damaged growth and give them a boost of fertilizer and water.
There is still time to plant some fall marigolds early in the month.
Get your flowerbeds ready for cool season flowering plants (pansies, snapdragons, stock, dianthus, alyssum) by mixing in a couple of inches of compost and mulch. When those plants come to the nurseries (late September into October), just push back the mulch and plant.
Fall is the ideal time to divide Iris, daylilies and bulbs that bloomed in the spring. It is better to plant the rhizomes of Iris right after you dig them up but can survive in a paper sack for year or more if time does not permit immediate planting. Divide spring blooming perennials like violets and Shasta daisy.
Wait until October to plants wildflower seeds, larkspur, poppies and sweet peas.
If you didn’t shear back your Roses last month, then do so now, fertilize them and water them well to promote that fall flush of new growth. Be on the lookout for black spot and powdery mildew and treat accordingly.
Fruit trees that bloom in the spring set their buds for next year’s bloom from late summer through fall. Maintain moderate soil moisture now to prevent the negative effects of drought on bud development. Stop fertilizing fruit trees now to allow them to grow slowly as they prepare for winter and develop hardiness.
Citrus, persimmons and pecan trees carrying a crop for a fall harvest, need moderate soil moisture to help ripen fruit or develop the kernels properly.
As the temperatures cool down, cool season weeds in the lawn will start germinating. This is usually in late September to early October. The best weed control is a dense, healthy lawn. Many weeds can be prevented by putting out a pre-emergent herbicide application about the third week of September. Water in with about 1/3 inch of water.
Apply a fall application of fertilizer with a 3-1-2 ratio in early October for our area.
Look at your landscape to decide if you need to re-do your landscape or plant new shrubs and trees. Fall is the prime time to plant these since it allows maximum months for roots to establish before the summer heat returns next year.
Fall potatoes can be planted in early September giving them time to develop tubers before the first frost.
If you still have some warm season flowering plants left, rejuvenate them by shearing them back by a third, fertilize, and water them well. Foliage plants like coleus, Persian Shield, and copper plants will also appreciate some fertilizer and a good soaking irrigation. If any of your geraniums made it through the summer heat, remove any damaged growth and give them a boost of fertilizer and water.
There is still time to plant some fall marigolds early in the month.
Get your flowerbeds ready for cool season flowering plants (pansies, snapdragons, stock, dianthus, alyssum) by mixing in a couple of inches of compost and mulch. When those plants come to the nurseries (late September into October), just push back the mulch and plant.
Fall is the ideal time to divide Iris, daylilies and bulbs that bloomed in the spring. It is better to plant the rhizomes of Iris right after you dig them up but can survive in a paper sack for year or more if time does not permit immediate planting. Divide spring blooming perennials like violets and Shasta daisy.
Wait until October to plants wildflower seeds, larkspur, poppies and sweet peas.
If you didn’t shear back your Roses last month, then do so now, fertilize them and water them well to promote that fall flush of new growth. Be on the lookout for black spot and powdery mildew and treat accordingly.
Fruit trees that bloom in the spring set their buds for next year’s bloom from late summer through fall. Maintain moderate soil moisture now to prevent the negative effects of drought on bud development. Stop fertilizing fruit trees now to allow them to grow slowly as they prepare for winter and develop hardiness.
Citrus, persimmons and pecan trees carrying a crop for a fall harvest, need moderate soil moisture to help ripen fruit or develop the kernels properly.
As the temperatures cool down, cool season weeds in the lawn will start germinating. This is usually in late September to early October. The best weed control is a dense, healthy lawn. Many weeds can be prevented by putting out a pre-emergent herbicide application about the third week of September. Water in with about 1/3 inch of water.
Apply a fall application of fertilizer with a 3-1-2 ratio in early October for our area.
Look at your landscape to decide if you need to re-do your landscape or plant new shrubs and trees. Fall is the prime time to plant these since it allows maximum months for roots to establish before the summer heat returns next year.